The Tax Foundation issued the ranking, which looks at rates as of July 1 in U.S. cities with populations over 200,000.
Combined state and local sales tax rates in Long Beach and Chicago check in at 10.25 percent, according to the foundation's report. Contributing to that total rate is a local sales tax of 3 percent in Long Beach and 4 percent in Chicago. State tax accounts for the rest.
Baton Rouge and New Orleans, Louisiana and Birmingham and Montgomery, Alabama are next on the list with combined sales tax rates of 10 percent. In both of the Alabama cities, 6 percent of the total rate is local and 4 percent is state. In the Louisiana cities, the rate is evenly divided at 5 percent state, 5 percent local.
The chart below shows the 13 cities with the highest combined rates.
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And I thought is was Maryland.
ReplyDeleteTennessee has no state income tax so they pay less than a working Md working person. Think about it, its cheaper than Maryland... Md you pay 8% income tax and 6% sales tax. That's 14% to buy something with your earned money in Md. Now someone comes to Md from Tennessee to buy something they pay only 6%. Tennessee makes more money off of people visiting there state and Md gives a better deal to someone visiting than the hard working Md employees. Of course if you are getting a free ride in Maryland then you get the best deal. ( working man screwed again). BG
ReplyDeleteMD totally shot themselves in the foot by jumping from 5 to 6%, with DE being right across the state line, IMO. Maybe the western shore can afford it, but not so much here.
ReplyDeleteMd is 9% on booze and 7 miles up the road 0% , its a no brainier for me.
ReplyDelete9:38 hit the nail on the head.
ReplyDelete10:01 Hit The Nail on The Head !
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